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    [solved] VPN Tunnel via PIA seems not to be working.

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      viragomann
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      If you assign an interface to the OpenVPN instance and activate it, it will appear.
      You didn't enable it.

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        stig.joergensen
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        Hmm, here is where chrome autofill messes stuff up

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        The MAC Adress is prefilled with username but clearing this is apperently not enough

        I think a hidden field exists - will see how i can get chrome to ignore autofill on this page..

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          viragomann
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          Never seen this error on OpenVPN interfaces.

          Maybe it helps if you change the interface assignment to something else the check if the field are filled and delete if, then switch back to the OpenVPN instance.

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            stig.joergensen
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            By using guest browsing i was able to make it work:
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            but sadly it sais gateway offline:

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            with this config:
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              viragomann @stig.joergensen
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              @stig-joergensen said in VPN Tunnel via PIA seems not to be working.:

              but sadly it sais gateway offline:

              That means that the gateway address doesn't respond to pings. Maybe the outbound traffic works anyway.

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                stig.joergensen
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                Damn, you are right - it does infact work - just not with ping... tracert works just fine - and internet browseing also

                Thanks a million - i knew i was something very simple...

                Is their a method where I can change how it discovers if the gateway is up?

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                  stig.joergensen
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                  is there a way i can mark this as solved?

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                    viragomann @stig.joergensen
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                    @stig-joergensen said in VPN Tunnel via PIA seems not to be working.:

                    Is their a method where I can change how it discovers if the gateway is up?

                    You may entering any other public address which responses on ping in the gateway settings at monitoring. System > Routing > Gateways. E.g. 8.8.8.8.
                    However, I don't know if pfSense automatically routes that over the VPN. So you may test it first. Otherwise you can additionally set a static route.

                    Marking as solved is only possible by editing the topic manually AFAIK.

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                      stig.joergensen
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                      Yep

                      Setting the monitor IP on the gateway made it green - Happy days :

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                        stig.joergensen
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                        And edited the title

                        Thanks again for all your help and time, Much appreciated

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